11th victim found after migrant boat capsized in river on Serbia-Bosnia border

11th victim found after migrant boat capsized in river on Serbia-Bosnia border
Rescue Service members search a Drina River near the town of Bratunac, Bosnia (AP)

A man’s body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said.

The body of an “irregular migrant” was found on the Bosnian side of the river, Serbia Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said in a statement.

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